Ford has launched a new scrappage scheme that gives UK car buyers a £2000 discount on new vehicles when they trade in an older car.
The discount applies to most of Ford’s mainstream passenger and commercial vehicles, when customers trade in any make or model of older machine.
The objective of the scheme, Ford says, is to “take older, less fuel-efficient vehicles off UK roads, replacing them with cleaner and more fuel-efficient new Ford models”. The company says its previous scrappage scheme (2017-2018) took 25,500 older vehicles off the road.
Traded-in vehicles will be scrapped at a government-certified disposal facility.
To qualify for the discount, customers must order their new Ford model before 30 September, and register it before 31 March 2020.
Any passenger or commercial vehicle registered before December 31 2012 can be traded in against a new Ford, regardless of make or model. It must have been registered to the new car buyer for more than 90 days prior to swapping.
Passenger models not eligible for the discount include the Ford Ka+ supermini, Ford Mustang, Zetec models and the full range of ST performance cars like the Focus ST and Fiesta ST. The Ranger Raptor pick-up and Transit Connect small van are also exempt.
The discount cannot be applied to any vehicle purchased before 1 July.
Ford’s UK boss, Andy Barratt, said: “To help reduce the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the use of our vehicles, we are committed to making more efficient, lower-impact vehicles and technologies accessible at scale."
The first scrappage scheme was government-backed, and ran from 2009-2010. Since then, a number of manufacturers have run their own schemes as a means of attracting new customers and contributing to an industry-wide assault on emissions. Mitsubishi, for example, was recently offering £4000 in trade-in value against its Outlander plug-in hybrid, which, when added to the UK government's now axed subsidy for hybrids, meant customers could save £6500 on the electrified SUV.
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If you only manage to get £2k
If you only manage to get £2k off something like a mid range Focus the dealer saw you coming whether you turned up in a scrapper or not. A quick look at any discount site suggests you should be looking at 3 to 4K at least
Twit - twit's'!
The saddest thing in relation to this scheme? There WILL be twits that fall for it hook, line etc... Yes, they will actually think it is good.
If your current car is satisfactory to your needs. Then my advice is simple...
KEEP IT A LITTLE LONGER AND SAVE THE 2/3-YEAR 'NEW CAR WHEN ITS NOT NECESSARY' FINANCE SCHEMES FOR THE TWITS THAT DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER! Yes, some families even do it for two cars. Yep, two cars on finance! LOL!!!And if you have leased new cars for 2 or 3 years more than once, then you clearly have no interest in the environment and no interest in managing your money effectively. Trust me, they are the biggest con that the England continues to think is 'really great!'.PS: Probably for a long time yet.
Phew! [shakes head]
I get what you are saying but
I get what you are saying but I'm sure a lot of people budget accordingly to run a new car or two on PCP and like the new car experience, under warranty assurance and the change of car every three years, so if they are prepared to pay it, I'm not, I say fair play to them.
As for this scrappage scheme, you can frequently get more than £2k off a new ford anyway on their PCP schemes so will this be instead of as well as other discounts? Instead I suspect